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Drama Camp to Feature “Peter Pan”

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host its annual three-week Kids Summer Drama Camp August 1 – 29, with the final event to be a production of “Peter Pan.” The camp, for ages 5 – 18, will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. Tuition will be $160.

Director Annie Naranjo-Rivera will teach projection and movement and how to perform on stage. Participants will also create original artwork and costumes for the production.

The one-act stage play is based on the classic story by J. M. Barrie.

Past Hoffman Center Summer Drama Camps have featured “Cassy the Crab” and “A Thousand Cranes.”

A limited number of scholarships will be available for this year’s camp. Parents interested should ask when registering.

Register by visiting the Hoffman Center Web site at hoffmanblog.org and downloading the Summer_Art_Camps_Brochure; by phoning (503) 368-3846; or by e-mailing hoffmancenter@ nehalemtel.net. All registrations must be received and paid in full by July 22.

Kids’ Art Camps Set for August

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host eight morning and afternoon Summer Art Camps for kids during the week of Aug. 1-5. All sessions will be held at the Center building at 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita. The classes will cost $65 per student, with a separate lab fee added on.

“Look! Learn! Listen!” a music and art class for ages 5-11 (or with instructor’s approval), will be held from 10 a.m. to noon each day and led by Lynn Thomas. Students will learn to paint what they hear in music, and also receive a violin, viola or cello to play for the week. (Lab fee $10)

“Bookbinding and Printmaking” For ages 5+, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Barbara Temple-Ayres will lead a teach making a hardbound book covered with paper the students decorate. Kids will use off-press printmaking techniques, including rubber stamps, monoprints, bubbles, chalk and marbling. (Lab fee $5)

“Illuminated Manuscripts” For ages 9+, will run from 10 a.m. to noon daily. Sarah Archer will explore the relationship between text and images, using drawing, collage, and block printing with antique wooden type. Students will turn words into works of art.

“Beginning Drawing” For ages 8-14, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Angelle Soans will teach basic drawing techniques and how to add textures using pencil, charcoal and marker in a sketchbook, which students will take home at the end of the week. (Lab Fee $10)

“Clay PlayShop” For ages 5-10, will be run from 1 to 3 p.m. daily. Antoniette Naranjo-Rivera will teach building techniques and explore surface decoration possibilities. Each student will glaze and fire his/her very own piece. ($15 lab fee)

“Intro to Stage Lighting” for ages 7-18 will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. daily. Instructor Annie Naranjo-Rivera will teach the unseen wonders of light design for the stage. Students will make their own lighting plot, then hang and focus lights to set the mood for a show.

“Creative Writing Laboratory” For ages 7-13 (or younger with instructor’s approval), will be held 1 to 3 p.m. Local poet Travis Champ will delve into the world of poetry. Students will create their own booklet of poems to take home at the end of the week. (Lab fee $5)

“A Taste of Everything” For ages 8+, will be held 1 – 3 p.m. Instructor Nicole Poole will let students experience a wide range of techniques: life drawing, printmaking, collage, sun-print making, and one day of surprises. (Lab fee $10)

A limited number of scholarships will be available, thanks to the support of local businesses and art lovers. Parents interested should ask when registering.

Register by visiting the Hoffman Center Web site at hoffmanblog.org and download the Summer_Art_Camps_Brochure; by phoning (503) 368-3846; or by e-mailing hoffmancenter@ nehalemtel.net. All registrations must be received and paid in full by July 22.

Paste Paper Weekend

Instructor:  John Freethy
Saturday & Sunday April 30 & May 1
1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hoffman Center – 594 Laneda Ave.
$35 for 1 Day/ $60 for both Days

Switching over to an extended format, these two classes will each be 3 hours. The beauty of two classes in a row is that those who come to the first day will be able to do the optional second layer on their papers on the second day. It is not necessary to come to both days, but there is a discount if you do. John will be bringing many examples of what can be made with paste papers to inspire students with what they can then create with their pieces.

Students will learn how to use a mixture of paste and acrylic paint to create patterns, designs or other images on heavyweight paper. Brushes and textured tools are used to move the paint around on wet paper creating multi-layered effects. The results can be art in itself, or can be used in many other forms, such as bookmaking, origami, collage, mixed-media artwork, gift boxes, greeting cards and more.

For more information and to register, contact John via email johnfreethy@gmail.com or call him at 207-776-4868.

Hoffman Center Screens Best of NW Film & Video Festival on 1/22

The 36th Annual Best of the Northwest Film & Video Festival

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will host a showing of “The Best of the 36th Northwest Film & Video Festival” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22. Admission is $7. Theater concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase.

The collection of 14 short films was selected by the Northwest Film Center of Portland from its annual juried film festival. The total running time is 90 minutes.

Works to be shown are: “The Mouse That Soared” Kyle T. Bell, Portland; “Nous Deux Encore” Heather Harlow, Portland; “The Fancy” Eric Maxen, Portland; “Nature On Its Course” Su-An Ng, Port Moody; “Is That Me” Elijah M. Hasan, Portland; “Eros” Megan Griffiths, Seattle; “Endless Tunnel” Tommy Thompson, Olympia; “Missed Aches” Joanna Priestley, Portland; “Trolls” Brianne Nord-Stewart, Vancouver; “122 Random Seconds” Karl Lind, Portland; “Damian And Ende” Benjamin Schuetze, Vancouver; “Stick” Patrick Beechinor, Justin Longoz and Chris McKinlay, Vancouver; “Don’t Worry It’s A New Century” Jeff Guay, Portland; and “Somewhere” Salise Hughes, Seattle.

The Manzanita Film Series is a program of the Hoffman Center in Manzanita. Films are screened on the fourth weekend of the month throughout the year. The Center is located at 594 Laneda Ave.

Christmas Caroling at the Hoffman Center

Get in the holiday spirit plus help the Food Bank

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host a Christmas Carol Sing Along Thursday evening, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Community members young to old are invited to attend and lend their voices to the occasion. Musicians will be on hand to accompany the singing.

 “We’ll be doing all the favorites — from holiday classics like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Jingle Bells” to hymns like “Silent Night” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” said organizer Chip MacGregor. “There will be holiday snacks, hot apple cider, and a chance to break out those Christmas favorites from long ago.”

 The event is free, but donations to the North County Food Bank – money or non-perishable foods – can be brought to the Center that evening.

 MacGregor added, “This will be a great opportunity for everybody to rub shoulders with their neighbors and get in the Christmas spirit.”

Got Talent? Bring it on!

Dust off your banjo (or whatever your talent may be...) for the Community Talent Showcase coming January 29, 2011

The Hoffman Center is looking for people talented in a wide variety of ways who would like to strut their stuff for a special Community Talent Showcase to be held Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011.

“We know there are a lot of gifted and talented people in our community – many with talents the rest of us don’t know about,” said organizer Vera Wildauer. “Singers, musicians, actors, orators, comedians, magicians, mind-readers, contortionists, what have you.”

Auditions will be held Thursday, Jan. 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. A panel of judges will select 12 to 15 acts that show a particular skill or originality to fill a fun evening. Individual acts should be appropriate for all ages and about five minutes long.

The general public will be invited to the Community Talent Showcase for a $10 admission. All proceeds will go to the Hoffman Center‘s operating budget.

Click here for a  talent show performer registration form and bring it to the audition. Questions can be e-mailed to hoffmancenter@nehalemtel.net or phoned to 503-368-3846.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Screening and Costume Party on October 30th

Original 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers to be screened on October 30.

The Manzanita Film Series is proud to present The Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956) on Saturday October 30th at 7pm.  Admission is $6 and we are encouraging attendees to dress up in their favorite costumes to add to the festivities.  There will be prizes and giveaways all night long.

In this disturbing classic science fiction/ alien invasion film, Kevin McCarthy is Dr. Miles Bennell, a physician who returns to his small town practice to find his town has been taken over by an evil presence. Several of his patients are suffering from the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. The doctor is skeptical at first but then there are too many signs that the people in the town are being replaced by emotionless doppelgangers. When it becomes apparent that he and his finance are the only ones not yet “possessed” they make a desperate escape to get out of town and warn others.

The Manzanita Film Series is a program of the Hoffman Center in Manzanita, Oregon. Films are screened on the 4th weekend of the month through out the year.  Admission is $6 and theater concessions, as well as beer and wine, are available for purchase.

Please contact Franz Hasslacher, at franzhass@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.

Free Valentine “Play-Shop”

small heartStop by the Hoffman Center on Saturday, February 13 between 11am and 2pm, and have fun making a creative one-of-a-kind card for your Valentine. 

Lisa Fenton, local artist and experienced art teacher, will be on hand to inspire and assist participants in making fun, creative, and one-of-a-kind cards for their Valentine. Art supplies are free and include all sorts of materials: from fabric samples and lace to glitter, pastels and paints. There will even be a ‘writing table’ to help attendees to put their thoughts into words.

All ages are welcome and families are encouraged to attend together. The PlayShop will be held at the Hoffman Center at 594 Laneda Avenue in Manzanita.